By Dick Jordan
Nick Drake of Mooresville, N.C. and Stevie Kuhn of Indianapolis, Ind. won Tuesday night’s “Elite 8 Series” USAC Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns features at the Bryant Heating & Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome presented by IUPUI. Drake led all 40 laps of the Midwest Ford Focus feature in his Haas Automation Beast to beat James Robertson, Davey Hamilton Jr., Gage Walker and Jessica Bean. In the accompanying Focus Young Guns race, Kuhn led all 25 laps in his Kuhn Racing/Beast to beat Sam McGhee, Michael Fanelli, Mikell McGee and Emmy Gray.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: July 12, 2011 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Bryant Heating & Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome – “Elite 8 Series” – Presented by IUPUI
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. James Robertson (#1 Steele), 2. Nick Hamilton (#33 Hamilton), 3. Jarett Andretti (#25 Andretti), 4. Jessica Bean (#3 Bean), 5. Gage Walker (#91 Alfrey), 6. Davey Hamilton Jr. (#60 Hamilton). 2:02.71
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Nick Drake (#55 Cline), 2. Joey Greening (#17G Greening), 3. Ross Rankine (#9 Nine Racing), 4. Kent Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum), 5. Toby Alfrey (#5 Alfrey). 2:04.55
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Nick Drake, 2. James Robertson, 3. Davey Hamilton Jr., 4. Gage Walker, 5. Jessica Bean, 6. Toby Alfrey, 7. Kent Kriegbaum, 8. Jarett Andretti, 9. Nick Hamilton, 10. Joey Greening, 11. Ross Rankine. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Drake.
NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Rankines-595; 2-Alfrey-418; 3-Robertson-417; 4-Bean-400; 5-Drake-392; 6-Andretti-377; 7-Tyler Shullick-307; 8-Greening-287; 9-N.Hamilton-282; 10-K.Kriegbaum-218.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS RACE: July 15 – Xenia, OH – Kil-Kare Raceway
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USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RESULTS: July 12, 2011 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Bryant Heating & Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome – “Elite 8 Series”
HEAT RACE: (10 laps) 1. Sam McGhee (#11 McGhee), 2. Stevie Kuhn (#74 Kuhn), 3. Mikell McGee (#22 McGee), 4. Emmy Gray (#7 Gray), 5. Michael Fanelli (#14 Rankine). NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Stevie Kuhn, 2. Sam McGhee, 3. Michael Fanelli, 4. Mikell McGee, 5. Emmy Gray. 5:21.92
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Kuhn.
NEW USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-S.McGhee-536; 2-Kuhn-434;3-Copper Clouse-257; 4-Gray-204; 5-M.McGee-170; 6-Fanelli-157; 7-Tyler Shullick-137; 8-Adam Thomason-114; 9-Justen Garmenn-105; 10-Cole Custer-67.
NEXT USAC MIDWEST FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: July 20 – Indianapolis, IN – Bryant Heating & Cooling Indianapolis Speedrome – “Elite 8 Series”